Just One of the Guys
Unfortunately, Cambridge police officer Sgt. James Crowley has agreed to meet with President Obama and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. to “have a couple of beers” at the White House. This has to be one of the most tricked up events of Obama’s tenure so far. A kumbaya beer party at the White House? Just a few guys having a couple of beers together?? Give me a fucking break! Obama made the mistake of speaking without a teleprompter…said something dumb and offensive without any facts…nothing new there…and now Sgt. Crowley is going to let him turn it into a positive spin? The best that can come out of this is Obama exclaiming that he only wants to drink American beer…Budweiser! Shouldn’t someone tell him….hello Jim Koch of Sam Adams beer…that Budweiser is now owned by a Belgium company?? I guess that factoid wasn’t on his teleprompter this week. Then there’s poor old Al Sharpton, who was headed to Kennedy airport for Cambridge when he heard the news. “What happened to the good old racists?” he was heard to bemoan the reporters who still bother to listen to him. If Obama keeps making nice, nice with everybody, Al and Jesse are going to need a stimulus plan of their own.